Quotations in the News

"Iraq is burning. We need the foreign troops for the time being. Otherwise our history of civil war will repeat itself and Afghanistan will deteriorate even more than Iraq." — Abbas Razaye, a 36-year-old shopkeeper, after voting in a presidential runoff in Afghanistan.

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"After it went in, I think I blacked out." — Los Angeles defenseman Alec Martinez after he scored the winning goal with 5:17 left in the second overtime to lift the Kings past the New York Rangers 3-2 for their second Stanley Cup title in three years.

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"He appeared just like any sergeant would when they see a two-star general, a little bit nervous. But he looked good and saluted and had good deportment." — Maj. Gen. Joseph P. DiSalvo, who greeted Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl upon his arrival in the United States.